Who Are We?
Growing Up Adopted
My mother was adopted.
All the records tightly sealed.
Now all she has are questions,
Like wounds that never healed.
Adoption Poems
Uplifting Poems from Adopted Children
Adopted children are often referred to as chosen children. People with love to give and none to bestow it upon seek out a child to raise with love. Some parents choose to conceal their child's adoption thinking that it will only cause him pain and a sense of non-belonging. Others choose to tell their chosen child thinking that he will find out anyway. When a child finds out that he is adopted, it may give rise to feelings of confusion and alienation. The important thing to remember is that having parents that love you whether biological or chosen is a tremendous gift.
Poems by Adopted Children
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I understand your plight, my dear, but there are times when it's best not knowing. Briefly I met my mother when I was nearly 14. The following 3 years were the worst years of my life and...
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Growing Up With Grandma
I don't know when it happened.
I don't know when she came,
But she's the one I always knew.
Grandma was her name.Featured Shared StoryThis a was beautifully written piece. It "touched me" as the question asked. It also made me think about what my Grandma has been doing for me. This is encouraging, good work.
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To A Mother I Never Knew
Adopted Child Misses MotherTo a mother I never knew,
From a son who desperately misses you.
There were so many times I would imagine you,Featured Shared StoryThis poem was so heartfelt I was hoping for a happier ending, where the author would have found his mama and known what it was to have her loving arms around him. But now he has a son of his...
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Sisters Reunion
My Dearest Sister,
This journey has been long.
This experience like a favorite song.
Dreams realized and not abandoned, ...Featured Shared StoryAfter fostering and then adopting my dear little sister for three years, I am now 13 and my older sister 15. The little one welcomed into our family from adoption is 5. Fostering children had...
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For My Children
Giving Up Children For AdoptionFor my children
I remember my pregnancy with you
I fell in love with your every move, and with the sound of your beating heart....Featured Shared StoryI also gave my 5-year-old daughter up for adoption to a member of my deceased husband's family! I only saw her a few times after, and it broke my heart the times when I did get to see her!...
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I Know I'll Always Love You
Poem About Searching For Birth MotherThey said she was on drugs and I was only a child;
They said 'go on with my life, have fun for a while'...
But what they didn't understand is where their hearts wouldn't go
Is the love that existed, and what I did know......Featured Shared StoryThis poem was amazing. It made me think that there is still a chance for me to find my birth mom. I was just a baby when she left. And even though I was born in Russia, there is still that...
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My Birth Mom
A Mother's LoveLoving and gracious the
Women I've never met.
She made a difficult decision and
She will debate that decision for the...Featured Shared StoryDonetta,
I was given up for adoption and have 3 children of my own. It's easy for some women to say they would NEVER give up a child - I would love to say I'm one of those women. The reality... -
When My Life Began
It Was Nothing But A MistakeI don't understand why you chose him over me
I was there, or could you just not see.
I would have done everything right,
But instead you chose him, and to stay and fight.Featured Shared StoryHi Rachel. I could feel the pain within your poem. Truthfully I understand what you are feeling & what you are going through. I was abandoned by my birth parents as well and with all the...
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Letting Go
Poem From Mom Giving Child Up For AdoptionYour cry pierced the morning silence
All I heard was you.
I blocked out the sounds,
I blocked out the sights.... -
All Grown Up
Poem Thanking StepdadWhen I was three you fell in love with my mom.
It was no longer us two, but now us three.
Not accepting at first, I gave you the shrug but you never managed to give up.
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